Attachment for hair-waving devices



Feb. 21, 1928. 1,660,056

E. A. TESSMER ATTACHMENT FOR HAIR WAVING DEVICES Filed July 28. 1926 I BY ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

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EARL A. mnssmnjn, DIX/SEATTLE, WASHIINGTON."

, ATTACHMENT non HAIRLWAVINGDEVICESQ Application filed July 2a, 1926. Serial No. 125,447.

This invention relates to improvements in scalp protecting'pads adapted for use inconnection with electricallyheated hair waving devices ofthat character used for permanent waving; more particularly, the invention relates toinsulating and-protecting devices made in the form of aspring clip that may be applied betweenthe-end ofthe heated More specifically stated, it is the principalobject of the present invention to provide insulating pads comprising-pivotally con nectedopposite half sections adapted- -tobe opened apart for 'applicationabout a strand of hair and having a spring connection that closes the parts together, when released, to grip the strand andhold the device in place. Also 'to-'provide--the pad with-a pivotally mounted clamping plate adapted to close closely beneath the end of the iron and to cover the gap between the edgesof the pad sections when they areplaced'abeut a strand ofhair;

Another'object vide the pad-with yieldab-le meansfor-de-v tachably connecting it to the end of theheater casing'so as to'retain it 'inproper'relation thereto for giving protection to'the hair and scalp. I

Other objects of the invention'residein the various details of construction and'c'om': bination of parts andain-their mode of operation as will hereinafter be described, 1

In accomplishing these objects, I havepro vided the improved, detailsof construction, the preferred formsof 'which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Y Figure 1 is a perspective view of a scalp protecting and insulating pad as applied to the end ofthe heater casing.- f

Figure 2 is a sectional-view of the same parts showing the relation of the padto the heater.

Figure 3 isia perspective view of the -pad' detached from theVheater-an-d in open-position.

' Figure 4; is a plan, or top, view of thepad: Referring more in detailto the drawings A common type: of hair waving" device with which the present pad my be "used is shownin Figures 1 and 2,1'in which 1 designates a tubular casing containing an electrical heating element '2 to which circuit is of the invention *isto pro delivered through connections and 4.

\Vithin the tube is ametallic stick 5 about which a strand of hair to be waved is closely" wound and about'the hair is-wound a cloth' 6. In'use the-lower end of the heater is located as close to the scalp aspossible and it is for the protection of the scalp from the heat of the iron that the present device is used;

In itspreferred form, the two substantially semi-circular half sections 8 and 9, each having a metallic top plate 10 to which, on its under side, an insulating'pad -11 offelt, or other suitable materiahis fas f tened. The two halfsections have'cooperatively located semi-circular receses-in the innor, 'or ad acent, edges,vwh1ch forma cir-' cular opemnglQ' when the parts areclosed together through which the strand "othair pad comprises may pass. At one side 'of theopening lili c the top plates 10 are extended so as'to overlap each other and are pivotally' connected together by meansl'of a stud l3 thatisfixed in the under piece and about'whicha spring 1 1 is Wound. One'end of the spring, which is formed from a doubled wire, bears against an upstanding stud, or stop, 15, at theback I edgeof the under plate 10 and, at'its other; end, bears against a finger piece 16 formed at the backf edgeof the top plate ofthe other pad sect-ionso thatthe "spring acts to close and yieldably hold the parts together.

' Also,-pivotallymounted on the stud'13 and overlyingv the top plate .of the padSection-8, isa plate 18." This-is provided, at its back edge, with an upstandingfinger piece'lt inpaired relation to piece 16 and these serve asmeans for-handling and whereby the device is opened and is removed from or placed iniposition, An'end portion of the spring 14 also bears against the-finger piece 16 and urges the plate 18 towardclosed'position. The plate is movable to closed position in-' dependently oft-he pad sections and its outer endportion is ada pted'to overliethe space between the edges "of the pad sections when they are held apart somewhat by' application of the device toa strand of hair? Fixed to the top plate of the pad-section 9 is a vertical post 20 adapted'to be projected along the-inside ofthe casing, or tube, 1 in which the strand of hair is contained-for waving, and also, mountedon theplate adja'cent the post, is a spring 21 adapted to bear In applying the device, after a strand of hair has been properly placed about the curling stick 5, it is picked up by the finger holds 16 and 16", which, by being pressed toward each other, causestheplate 18 to.

swing to open position until its finger piece l6 comes in contact with stud 15, then a farther pressing together of the finger pieces opens the two pad sections apart so that they may be applied about the strand of hair just below the end of the curling stick and adjacent the scalp. The finger pieces are then released andthe spring 14 causes the two pad sections to be closed to-.

gardless of thediflerent positions the latter may assume during use.

Such devices are easily and quickly applied and will efiectively. serve all the purposes for which theyare made.v

Having thus described my invention, what I. claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters'Patent, is: y

1. A' device of the character described comprising a fiat pad formed of two pivotally connected sections adapted to be opened, apart for application at opposite sidesof a strand of hair and yieldable means for, closing the sections together and for holding them in functional relation when in use.

2..A device of the character described comprising a fiat pad divided to for'm opposite side sections, means pivotally connecting said sections at one side of the center to permit them to be opened apart and closed together, said sections having recesses in adjacent edges to receive a strand of hair between them, a spring for clamping the sec tions together and finger, pieces whereby they may be opened apart.

3. A device of the character. described, comprising'a fiat pad divided to form two opposite side sect-ions, means pivotally connecting said sections to" permit them to be opened apart and closed together,said sections having recessed ad acent edges forming an opening through which a strand of hair may pass, a spring for closing the sec tions together, finger pieces whereby the pieces may be opened apart and clamping members on one of the said sections whereby it may be detachably fixed to a heating device.

4. A device of the character described comprising a fiatpad divided to form two opposite sidesections, means pivotally connectmg said sections to permit them to be opened apart and closed together, said sectionshaving recessed'adjacent edges forming an opening through which a strand of hair may pass, yieldable means for closing the sections together, finger pieces whereby the pieces may be opened apart, a post on one of said sections adapted to be inserted inside ofa heating tube and a clamping spring fixed to the section to engage the outside of the tube in opposed'relation to" the character described comprising a flat pad divided to form two.

complemental sections, a stud pivotally joining the sections so that they may be.

opened apart and closed together, a finger piece on one or said sections, a stop on the otherv section, a springwound about the stud and bearing against the finger piece and stop to close the pad sectionstogether, a plate pivotally mounted by the stud and. adapted to overlie the joint between the pad sections, a finger piece on the plate paired with the first mentioned finger piece, whereby said plate may be moved to open position and against said stop to openlthepad sections apart. I V i 6. A device of the characterdescribed comprising a fiat pad divided to form two complemental, opposite side sections, means pivotally connecting the sections so that they may be opened apart and closed together; said sections having recesses in ad:

jacent edges to provide a central opening through which a strand of hair may pass, a plate pivotally mounted on one of the pad sections and having a portion thereof adapted to overlap the two pad sections across the opening edges, yieldable means for closing the pad sections together and for moving the plate to closed position, and finger pieces on the plate and one of said padsections whereby the pad sections may be opened apart and the plate moved to open posit-ion.

7. A. device of the character described comprising a fiat pad divided to form- 0p:

posite side sections, means pivotally joining the sections so that they may be opened apart to .receive a strand of hair between them, means for detachably attaching the pad to the end of a heating tube, and a plate pivotally mounted on the pad and adapted to overlap the space between adjacent edges of the pad sections when they are applied to a strand of hair. I

8. A device of the character described comprising a'pad divided to form two opposite side sections, each comprising a metallic top plate and a heat insulating material fixed to its under side, said plates overlapping each other at oneedge of the pad, a. stud pivotally joining the two overlapped portions of the plates to permit the two sections to be opened apart and closed together about a strand of hair, a plate pivotally mountedvby said stud overlying one of said pad sections and having an end portion adapted to overlap the adjacent edges of the two pad sections, paired finger pieces on the plate and on one of the pad sections whereby the sections may be opened apart gether.

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 23 day of June, 1926.

EARL A. TESSMER. 

